Performance Art

Marissa Bode, who was born and raised in Mazomanie, has been acting since she was 8. Now, she’s making history for her role in “Wicked.”

The new mystery comedy play had its world premiere this month at the Overture Center for the Arts. Playwright Heidi Ambruster said she wanted to bring classic Agatha Christie tropes to a cozy supper-club setting.

A Wausau West High School junior is one of two students who represented Wisconsin June 24 at the 15th annual Jimmy Awards in New York, a national theater competition.

Starling Shakespeare Company kicks off another summer season in Wisconsin with a goal to make classic theater accessible to modern audiences.

An innovative program that empowers young people with special needs through theater offers a one-of-a-kind experience for both participants and their families.

Wisconsin’s history of famous circus acts lives on to this day with aerial arts and stage performers practicing across the state.

New funding from the Ruth Foundation for the Arts will allow Pink Umbrella Theater Company to create up to 20 new plays that include disabled artists and actors on and off stage.

Does this mean that Julia Masli is the Anne Landers of comedy? It’s a little more complicated than that, she tells WPR’s “BETA.”

Dancing on May 18 will last for six hours instead of the usual 10. The chair of the festival said the dancers — most of whom are past retirement age — are losing stamina.

On “The Morning Show,” Milwaukee’s first youth poet laureate shared her inspirations and self reflections on poetry, as well as a piece she wrote.